As recently reported by the New York Times, a new report commissioned by the American Psychological Association (APA) documents several prominent psychologists' involvement in the Bush administration's post-9/11 interrogation program, which included torture techniques. The Hoffman report finds not only that several outside psychologists helped shield the CIA's interrogation...

When should the history of the US begin? Or phrased differently, what starting point should a historian choose, when writing a history of the US?
a) At the time when the North American continent was just distinguishable from others?
b) At the time when the native peoples were the only residents?
c) In 1773, with the Boston Tea Party?
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